Track adjuster and gage.



- W. O. KLIBER.

TRACK ADJUSTER AND GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE21,1912.

Patentd Feb. 18'

Guyana;

wi/bmaooao WILLIAM c. KLIBER, or FEDERALSBURG, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR; TO LOUIS ST. JAMES,

UNITED. srarns PATENT 'o FIo L ,OF FEDERALSBURG, MARYl'iANl). I

TRACK ADJUSTER Am) GAGE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be: it knownthat I, WILLIAM .0. Know, a citizen of the United States, residing at Federalsburg, in the county of Caroline and State'ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Track Adthe repairing and adjusting constantly necessary. Among the necessary implements in common use in this work is the crowbar -Which is extremely heavy, and while it is possible to obtain results with the same, it requires other laborers than the operator to I fix the rails at their adjusted positions while the crowbar is being held. It has, there fore,ybeen my aim to devise an implement which may readily be operated by a single laborerand being light in construction will best serve the purposes for which it is de sired, in an advantageous manner, effecting considerable savingdn labor, as will he 01 For a full understanding of the present invention, reference is to be had toJhe following description and the accompanying dra-wings,'in which--- 7,

Figure 1- is a side elevation of a device constructed -in accordance with my invention, partly broken away to more clearly 'show the detail's'of construction; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is a transverse sec- ,-tional View on the line 4-'4 of Fig. 1; Fig.

4 is a similar section taken about on the line 33 of thesame figure; and Fig. 5 is a view in elevation showing a slightly modified form of gage memlier.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by" like 1'eferencecharacters.

Referring to the drawing and specifically describing the invention, -1 denotes the main portion or member of thehar, one end of which is provided with screw threads to. re' come one end of the screw rod 2. Since the element of weight- 15 a factor for consideration, the member 1 is preferably hollow or tubular, as is also the relatively movable member or portion 3 of the bar, into. one end of which is received theother extremity of the screw rod 2, said rod being provided with right and lefthand threads, as will hereinafter be more fully described. The oppositeend portionof the member 1 is provided with a transverse slot or is cut opt to form a aw, as designated at 1'. and m like manner the member 3 is formed with the jaw 3, into which jaws are adapted to be received the rails'4 to be adjusted. .It will be understood that in applying the device, the jaw l is inserted 'on one of-the rails and where, for Instance, the other rail is spread the relativelymovablemember 3 isscrewed out until the jaw 3 engages there:

Specification of Letterslatent. Patented Feb, 18,1913, Application and June 21, 1912. Scria1 No. 705,087.

over. On the central or non-threaded por-Q Y tion of thescrew rod 2,, which-is formed on one side with aflange 2, isiloo'sely mounted the hand lever 5, adjacent to the other side-- of which lever. is secured on the non-thread;

5 is moved back and forth the screw rod :2 will be turned in one direction, according to the side of the toothed wheel engaged by the pawl. It follows that to. draw the sprcmd rail a bove mentioned in proper position, the lever is operated backand forth to bring the members 1 and toward each other. accomplish. in a simple manner, 'the. 'positive adjustment of these rails to the standard width, 1 provide a gage member 8 which may he pivoted at one end on the pin 9 passing through the member 1 at a suitable point intermediate the length of the latter..

on its free end, rests upon the rail 4 which is to be drawn into position. As soon as this projection drops over the ball of the 4 mounting of the gage member permits it to bar members, means for operating said rail proper adjustment has been reached:

otherheel with the other side of the wheel 6 and movement'of the lever 5 will reverse the direction of movement of the members 1 and 2 above described. a

To hold the pawl 7 in positive engagement with the toothed'wheel 6, I provide a com pression spring 11 secured at one end to the lever 5 and at its other end to the topmost portion of said pawl.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modified form of gage member which comprisesa suitable length rod 12, one end of which is threaded and adapted to be screwed into a threaded lug or projection '13 formed on one side of themember 1. It is contemplated in this construction that the rod 12 will extend along the adjuster bar and its end portion will contact with the inner side of the rail when it hasbeen properly adjusted to the' desired position. The'threading of the rod 12 will permit the same to be regulated according to the proper distance required between the rails and this. particular form'of be readily removed from the adjuster bar when it is not desired to use the same. It wilI be obvious, of course, that the member 3 of the adjuster may be provided with a mark thereon to indicate whenw the proper adjustment has been reached instead of permitting the end of the rod 12 to abut against the rail, as above described,

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the class described, comprising an adjuster consisting of bar members, athreaded member connected with said members, means for operating said threaded member to draw together or separate the bar members aforesaid, and rail engaging means carried by one of said bar members for determining the proper adj list-- ment of the track.

2. In adevicc of the class described, comprising a track adjuster consisting of bar members adapted to' be engaged with the rails, a threaded member connected with the thereof.

rate the bar members aforesaid, and a gage member movablymounted upon one f said bar members and adapted to engage with a rail to 1 determine the proper adjustment thereof.-

3. A track adjuster comprising bar memhers, a screw rod connecting said members, means for operating the screw rod to draw together or separate the bar members, and.

a gage member pivot-allyinounted on one of said membersiand' adapted to'be swung into cooperation with a rail to determine the proper adjustment thereof.

4.-A track adjuster comprising tubular sections, each section having a slot therein for engagement with the track, a screw rod connecting said sections, a lever. mounted on the screw rod for operating the same to draw together or separate the sections, and a gage rod pivotally mounted .on one of said sections and normally supported at its free end by said section, the gage rod being adapted to be swung into. cotiperation with a railto determine the proper adjustment 5." A- track adjuster comprising tubular sections, eachsection having a slot near its outer end portionto' receive the rails, a lug projecting from oneof said sections, a screw rod having oppositely threaded end portions adapted to be screwed into the adjacent ends "of the sections aforesaid, an operating lever loosely mounted on the non-threaded portion of the screw rod, a toothed Wheel secured to the screw rod adjacent the lever aforesaid, a pawl pivotally mounted on the lever and adapted to engage with the toothed wheel to reverse the direction of movement of the screw rod, and a gage rod pivotally mounted onone of the sections aforesaid and normally supported by said lug, said gage member having a lateral extension on its free end adapted to-cooperate \vitha rail to determine the proper adjustment thereof. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. WILLIAM G. KLIBER. Witnesses: A

Louis ST. JAMES, HARVEY D. WILLIAMS. 

